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Urera caracasana

Botanic Family

Urticaceae

Author

(Jacquin) Gaudichaud ex Grisebach

Common Names

• Japaya (Bolivia)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Maranhão
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Wet forest
• riverine forest
• primary forest
• montane forest
• coastal forests & thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Dec

Lianescent dioecious pubescent tree, shrub or herb to 9m covered in stinging hairs. Crenate-dentate leaves to 300mm x 250mm, scabrous above & pubescent beneath. Axillary cymes to 75mm long, white or pink flowers, masculine lateral compact glomerules. Red or orange fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Standley